Comments on: Bon Appetit, From My Lunch Box to Yours

By: wendy

wendy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:44:30 +0000

My youngest loves his rut, so lunch is always half of a turkey sandwich, yogurt, crackers, cheese, juice, and some sort of treat (this week it’s cinnamon graham goldfish crackers). If I deviate too much, the world explodes and we all die in fiery chaos.

By: Momof4Luds

Momof4Luds — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:43:06 +0000

I had one who DID NOT like sandwiches of any kind. I used to mix up pasta (usually leftovers) with chopped up sandwich meat, cottage cheese (which he liked and eats to this day at age 21, but a little mayo or sour cream or something would also work) and maybe some carrot. I used a thermos but that fit and fresh thing sounds like it would work.

By: anon1

anon1 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:22:32 +0000

thanks for the link for the fresh & fit! my little one is not even 2 yet, but i am glad to have some option for the future… i worry about packing anything cold for myself or my husband, so this will definitely come in handy.

mommytime- THANKS for your post. i can’t wait to read through it. i am wondering what other things to give little one to eat for lunch in general. i don’t want to give her packaged meat (turkey, bologna, etc….) daily- what with all the crap in them.

i, too, have gotten suckered into tivo’ing the Food Revolution. i loved when Shaq took on this challenge last year or so, and now Jamie Oliver is doing a good job. it would be fantastic to see some changes happen in school lunches.

She’s only 2, so i hope there’s time!

thanks for the tips, y’al!

By: Karin

Karin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:36:42 +0000

so glad that my kids’ school isn’t peanut free but just this last week, my kids have started disliking PB sandwiches (none like the J with the PB) – it was the only sandwich they would eat. I think I’m going to buy bagels over the weekend and send them!
I have a checklist for lunches – 1 protein, 1 fruit, 1 carb snack, 1 sweet snack and 1 drink. They pack their own snack…

By: dusty earth mother

dusty earth mother — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:44:52 +0000

For the simple fact that my daughter attends a “no-peanut zone” school and would be kicked out for bringing a PB and J, I let her eat the nasty school lunch. Because, seriously, if you take PB and J out of the picture, your options go waaaayyyyy down.

By: MommyTime

MommyTime — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:29:23 +0000

I’ve been meaning to post my list of lunchbox faves for a long time. I have a kid who doesn’t really like sandwiches, and a school that has a no peanut butter rule. This has inspired me to get off my duff and put up the list already. It has 50 ideas in it. I swear, this comment isn’t spam, but click over if you want more ideas. (I’m too lazy to retype them all here.)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:16:32 +0000

I agree that a 5-year old can be helping out with lunch packing, if not taking it over. And yes, what’s wrong with PBJs every day?

And I’d advise checking out that show Food Revolution or do some checking on what they put in school lunches. It oughta be criminal, really. All the salt and fat and processing – fries are considered a vegetable – kids are really being set up for a lifetime of obesity, heart problems, diabetes. Their taste buds are getting trained to like and crave only the crap.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:42:53 +0000

Gosh, Bejewell, I guess this means yours will *maybe* make it through high school?

By: Bejewell

Bejewell — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:11:40 +0000

Wait. I’m supposed to be sending LUNCHES? Oh, dear.

By: amy

amy — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:16:40 +0000

HA! Gloating over here as I have my two trained to make their lunch themselves the night before. They are 12.

OK, it MIGHT have something to do with the fact that their mother (ahem, me) finds it excruciatingly painful to do anything but slurp coffee while they are preparing for school. And I got tired of ‘too much mayo!”, ‘I don’t like…’ etc.

They also help grocery shop so pick things out weekly. Helps shake things up a bit. They are currently into bagels, fruit, and a snacky thing. Some days they even take SALADS!

(Yeah, still wondering if there was a mix up at the hospital but I KNEW I was the only one that had twins that week..)